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ARCHIVE - 18 FEBRUARY 2013
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Business
Bulgaria Lost 360 000 Jobs since 2008, Industrial Association EstimatesBankruptcy Trial for Troubled Bulgarian Arms Manufacturer Continues
Finance
Failed Bulgarian FinMin Was on Anti-Communist MissionCzech Power Utilities Stocks Drop after Bulgarian Protests
Outgoing Bulgarian Finance Minister Thanks Colleagues for Cooperation
Energy
Bulgaria Prosecution Starts Probe of Energy Agency Ex HeadPower Utility CEZ Investigated by Czech Anti-Corruption Police
Bulgaria Energy Minister Rules Out Nationalization of Power Distributors
Defense
Bulgaria FM: EU Must Start Debate on HezbollahBulgaria in EU
Bulgarian Far Rightists Burn EU Flag in Downtown SofiaMEP: Bulgaria No Greek Accomplice in Blocking Macedonia's EU Bid
UK to Prevent Delays of Work Permits for Bulgarian, Romanian Students
Bulgarian Farmers to Receive EU Subsidies, Cancel Protests
Bulgaria Foreign Minister to Report Progress on Burgas Attack Probe in Brussels
Domestic
Stunned Bulgarian Ruling Party Issues 'Guidelines' to MediaBulgarian Opposition Urges Cabinet to Resign amid Protests
Bulgaria President Backs Protesters, Opposes Snap Elections
Bulgarian Grain Producers Get Subsidies after FinMin Sacking
Bulgaria Ruling Party Backs Govt, Anti-Govt Protests
Bulgarian FinMin Sacked for Delaying Grain Producers Pay
FinMin Djankov Is Borisov Cabinet's Scapegoat, Ex Bulgarian PM Deems
Bulgaria's Top Cop to Be Ousted Too - Report
Bulgarian PM Reshuffles Cabinet in Protests Wake
Bulgarian Finance Minister Djankov Resigns
Society
Police Clash with Protesters in Front of Bulgarian ParliamentBulgarians Relaunch Electricity Protests
Bulgarian Holy Synod: All 3 Runners Worthy of Patriarch
Bulgarian Revenue Agency Probes Energy Watchdog Ex Boss
Environment
Bulgarians Rally in Vigil for Pirin National ParkArchaeology
Bulgarian Archaeologists Uncover Major Roman ThermaeCrime
Cyprus Court Clears Bulgarian Pilot on Plane CrashViews on BG
Bulgaria Unmasked Hezbollah*Electricity Bills Set Bulgaria on Fire
Quotes
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Sargsyan Re-Elected as Armenia's President - Exit PollsArmenia Holds Presidential Elections
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Something in Bulgaria Snapped, Election Campaign is OnBusiness
Bulgaria Lost 360 000 Jobs since 2008, Industrial Association Estimates
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgaria's economy has lost a total of 363 000 jobs since 2008, according to data of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, its chair Bozhidar Danev announced....Bankruptcy Trial for Troubled Bulgarian Arms Manufacturer Continues
February 18, 2013, Monday
The Plovdiv District Court will hold a closed-doors sitting Monday on the bankruptcy trial for Bulgaria's ailing state-owned military plant VMZ Sopot....Finance
Failed Bulgarian FinMin Was on Anti-Communist Mission
February 18, 2013, Monday
Sacked Bulgarian Vice-PM Simeon Djankov has described himself as an "accidental politician" and staunch anti-communist just days before resigning from cabinet Monday....Czech Power Utilities Stocks Drop after Bulgarian Protests
February 18, 2013, Monday
Nation-wide protests in Bulgaria against high electricity bills have slumped the value of the shares of Czech-owned power utility CEZ.
...Outgoing Bulgarian Finance Minister Thanks Colleagues for Cooperation
February 18, 2013, Monday
Simeon Djankov, who filed his resignation as Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria on Monday, has expressed readiness to continue helping the country any way he can in the future....Energy
Bulgaria Prosecution Starts Probe of Energy Agency Ex Head
February 18, 2013, Monday
The prosecution in Bulgarian capital Sofia has launched proceedings against recently fired head of the national energy regulator agency Angel Semerdzhiev....Power Utility CEZ Investigated by Czech Anti-Corruption Police
February 18, 2013, Monday
The Czech anti-corruption police are investigating 70% state-owned power company CEZ AS, which also owns the power utility with the same name in charge of electricity distribution in Western Bulgaria....Bulgaria Energy Minister Rules Out Nationalization of Power Distributors
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev has said that a nationalization of power distributors, which has been proposed to appease public discontent with high electricity bills, is out of the question....Defense
Bulgaria FM: EU Must Start Debate on Hezbollah
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov has denied earlier reports that the country has called for an EU labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization....Bulgaria in EU
Bulgarian Far Rightists Burn EU Flag in Downtown Sofia
February 18, 2013, Monday
Activists from the far-right coalition "No to the EU" have burned down the flag of the European Union before the building of the EC Representation in the Bulgarian capital....MEP: Bulgaria No Greek Accomplice in Blocking Macedonia's EU Bid
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgaria is not an accomplice of Greece with respect to blocking Macedonia's EU integration, Bulgarian MEP from the ruling Bulgarian party GERB Andrey Kovatchev stated Monday....UK to Prevent Delays of Work Permits for Bulgarian, Romanian Students
February 18, 2013, Monday
UK's Minister for Europe David Lidington has sent a letter to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov to inform him about the measures taken by the authorities to ensure the prompt processing of work permit applications of Bulgarian and Romanian stude...Bulgarian Farmers to Receive EU Subsidies, Cancel Protests
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgarian farmers are to receive EU subsidies per unit of area of nearly BGN 1 B and to cancel nationwide protests scheduled for February 20 over delayed payments....Bulgaria Foreign Minister to Report Progress on Burgas Attack Probe in Brussels
February 18, 2013, Monday
Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov is to present results of the investigation of the Burgas bus bombing during the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday....Domestic
Stunned Bulgarian Ruling Party Issues 'Guidelines' to Media
February 18, 2013, Monday
The press center of ruling Bulgarian party GERB has mistakenly mailed media outlets with guidelines for speaking about the ongoing political crisis in the country....Bulgarian Opposition Urges Cabinet to Resign amid Protests
February 18, 2013, Monday
All of Bulgaria's opposition parties have requested a step down of PM Boyko Borisov's cabinet following huge protests and the resignation of Vice-PM and FinMin Simeon Djankov....Bulgaria President Backs Protesters, Opposes Snap Elections
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has spoken up against early election and nationalization of power utilities in a special address Monday....Bulgarian Grain Producers Get Subsidies after FinMin Sacking
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, announced that nearly BGN 1 B will be wired by 3:30 pm Monday to the country's grain producers.
...Bulgaria Ruling Party Backs Govt, Anti-Govt Protests
February 18, 2013, Monday
The parliamentary group of ruling Bulgarian GERB party has issued a statement of support for PM Boyko Borisov's cabinet, amid huge protests, which the party has also backed....Bulgarian FinMin Sacked for Delaying Grain Producers Pay
February 18, 2013, Monday
The official grounds for the ousting of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, is his decision to delay with up to two months the payment of subsidies to grain producers....FinMin Djankov Is Borisov Cabinet's Scapegoat, Ex Bulgarian PM Deems
February 18, 2013, Monday
The resignation of Bulgaria's Deputy PM and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov on Monday is an attempt to use him as a scapegoat for the failures of the Borisov Cabinet, deems Ivan Kostov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1997-2001 and leader of the rightist De...Bulgaria's Top Cop to Be Ousted Too - Report
February 18, 2013, Monday
The resignation of Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is pending, according to unconfirmed reports....Bulgarian PM Reshuffles Cabinet in Protests Wake
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, is going to nominate Regional Minister, Lilyana Pavlova, as his new deputy....Bulgarian Finance Minister Djankov Resigns
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has resigned from the post....Society
Police Clash with Protesters in Front of Bulgarian Parliament
February 18, 2013, Monday
Thousands of Bulgarians have assembled in downtown Sofia for a second day Monday evening, with clashes erupting with police in front of Parliament....Bulgarians Relaunch Electricity Protests
February 18, 2013, Monday
Thousands of citizens have filled the streets of major Bulgarian city of Varna Monday evening, just a day after tens of thousands walked in some 30 cities out to protest high electricity prices in the country.
...Bulgarian Holy Synod: All 3 Runners Worthy of Patriarch
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgaria's embattled Holy Synod issued an official statement Monday declaring all three bishops, elected to run for becoming the next Patriarch of the country, worthy of the post....Bulgarian Revenue Agency Probes Energy Watchdog Ex Boss
February 18, 2013, Monday
Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency, NRA, together with the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office is launching a probe in the assets of the former chief of the country's energy watchdog, Angel Semerdzhiev....Environment
Bulgarians Rally in Vigil for Pirin National Park
February 18, 2013, Monday
Scores of Bulgarian citizens have gathered with candles in front of the Ministry of Environment in Sofia Monday evening to show their concern over possible development in the Pirin National Park....Archaeology
Bulgarian Archaeologists Uncover Major Roman Thermae
February 18, 2013, Monday
A Bulgarian team of archaeologists have discovered well-preserved remains of a Roman bath in the ancient Bulgarian town of Sozopol....Crime
Cyprus Court Clears Bulgarian Pilot on Plane Crash
February 18, 2013, Monday
The prosecuting authority in Nicosia has withdrawn charges against Bulgarian pilot Yanko Stoimenov in connection with a plane crash of Cypriot airline Helios....Views on BG
Bulgaria Unmasked Hezbollah*
February 18, 2013, Monday
Op-ed for the New York Times by Thomas E. Donilon, the national security adviser to US President Barack Obama....Electricity Bills Set Bulgaria on Fire
February 18, 2013, Monday
Tens of thousands of Bulgarians protested in more than 20 cities on Sunday (17 February) against high electricity bills and called for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his centre-right government to resign....Quotes
Today's Quote
February 18, 2013, Monday
"If Finance Minister Simeon Djankov is to leave, the Cabinet will perish....World
Sargsyan Re-Elected as Armenia's President - Exit Polls
February 18, 2013, Monday
Serzh Sargsyan has been elected for a second 5-year term in office as Armenia's President, according to exit polls after election day Monday....Armenia Holds Presidential Elections
February 18, 2013, Monday
Armenia is voting Monday for a new president.
...Buzz
Something in Bulgaria Snapped, Election Campaign is On
February 18, 2013, Monday
"Polenta doesn't explode" is the gnomic phrase people in this part of Europe use to describe their attitude of resigned acceptance....
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